Cap. 626 Art. 31Register of Sport Persons.

(1) No person, association of persons, partnership, civil or commercial, or other entity recognised according to law shall be entitled under this Act to any assistance or benefit from any Ministry, Government Authority, Agency, Entity, Foundation or Company, in which the Government holds a controlling interest, or to make use of or acquire under any title any sport facilities or land for use as a sports facility from the Government unless it is registered in the Register of Sport Persons in accordance with the provisions of this Part, is of good standing and complies with such regulations as may from time to time be prescribed.

(2) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Part, in order to register in terms of the previous sub-article, an association of persons, partnership, civil or commercial, or other entity recognised according to law has to be duly registered in accordance to law with the relative local competent authority:

Provided that no association of persons, partnership, civil or commercial, or other entity recognised according to law, having sport as one of its aims or objectives, shall be registered by any competent authority in Malta, including the Malta Business Registry or the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations, as a sport organisation or having sport as one of its objects or aims, without the prior approval of the Authority.

(3) Registration under this Part may be effected by submission of an application form to the Authority for registration in the form as may be prescribed with the accompanying documents as specified in the regulations prescribed for such registration:

Provided that all sports persons already registered in the Register prior to the coming into force of this Act, shall be deemed to be registered with the Authority.

(4) The Authority shall, on submission of the required application form and accompanying documents, and on being satisfied that the applicant is eligible for registration, register the applicant in the Register of Sport Persons. The Register may consist of such parts as the Authority may from time to time determine for the purpose of distinguishing the nature of the registered person.

(5) Upon registering the applicant, the Authority shall, through the Chief Executive Officer, issue a certificate of registration to the registered person. Registration in the Register shall not exempt the registered person from complying with any other provision of law.

(6) The Authority may refuse to register an applicant in the Register if it appears to it that the applicant does not satisfy the requirements under this Act or the relative regulations, and in so doing shall state the reasons for such refusal.

(7) When the applicant for registration is a national association or federation claiming to represent a particular sport discipline or associated sport disciplines, the Authority shall, before registering the applicant, ensure that such association or federation is recognised as such by the international organisation representing such sporting discipline or disciplines, and can show to the satisfaction of the Authority that it enjoys affiliation of at least seventy-five per cent (75%) of clubs and academies in Malta practising the respective sporting discipline or disciplines at that point in time.